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A comment on Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption. Parent comment

Re:Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion ... by CircleSpokes on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:45PM (#35690787)
> If people are not allowed to transfer money anonymously, why allow them communicate anonymously?

You can do that in the US though with cash. There might be some transactions that you can't do in physical cash but that is more of a practical/convince limitation and not a legal one.

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Re:Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion ... by flangola7 on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:02PM (#35690986)
That cash will not be anonymous for long once you deposit it, between mandatory reporting and serial number records.
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